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Songs of a FORGOTTEN World (Chapter 1)'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Impression | #4 | 4.424 | 4.424 |
| Composition | #11 | 4.485 | 4.485 |
| Overall | #13 | 4.248 | 4.248 |
| Quality | #18 | 4.303 | 4.303 |
| Storytelling | #21 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Creativity | #29 | 4.030 | 4.030 |
Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Imagined Story:
On a hot summer night, Celia goes to her grandmother's house to help clean her attic. When she finds a leather book and curiously opens it, a golden light burst out of the pages! The musical score for "Celestial Connection" started inscribing itself to the first page. Celia felt an intense connection to something, but she didn't know what it was. Then, the light was gone.
Celia flipped to the other pages, but it was all empty. She wanted to ask her grandmother about what just happened, but the only problem is... her grandmother has severe Alzheimer's. Determined to find out more about this mysterious book, she teams up with her best friend Rin to uncover the mystical songs from the book and discover a forgotten world.
Note: I didn't have too much time to compose for all the tracks I envisioned, but I completed chapter one (more description of the detailed story in my itch page and youtube). Please let me know what you think will happen in chapter 2 in the comments!!
Genre: Gameboy Chiptune
Game: Action-Adventure RPG
DAW: Composed in Furnace Tracker, Mastered in Logic Pro X
Art: me :)
Message from the artist
So excited to share my ideas and see what everyone else came up with!
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Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEv87NalImqs
Number of tracks5
Genre
Soundtrack use permission
For game jams only
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Comments
😮 Amazing chiptune music !
Thank you!! :D
i wish i heard this sooner loll but now im listening to this with literally 2 hours left of rating time
this sounds really nice!! i really like how you really made the most out of the really limited sounds you have
idk if it's just me but i thought the tone of the square wave was a little too sharp in some parts?
Thank you!! Yeah, I feel like some parts were pretty sharp too but it was too late to make changes T.T
That's great ! You handled well the chiptune music, it's lively ! My favourite is "The Forgotten World", I like how you handled the panning, it was pleasure for each ear !
Thank you!! So glad you enjoyed "The Forgotten World" ~
I'm coming into this as someone who's used hUGETracker and Furnace before, and anyone who's used these trackers knows how difficult it is to create any kind of sound when you're more used to MIDI-based software like FL Studio, Ableton, or Logic Pro. With the release of modern trackers like FamiStudio or KiraStudio, working within the limitations of pre-32-bit era music has become a lot easier, thanks to interfaces that feel much closer to MIDI workflows.
That's why I'm genuinely impressed you went through the effort of doing this in Furnace! Which, I still don't fully understand how to use properly. and yes, I know it's not purely a Furnace Tracker product as the description notes, it was mastered in Logic Pro X. It's great to see you step outside your comfort zone, and putting together a really strong submission given those limitations.
Now, here are my impressions and inputs for each track:
1. The Forgotten World
A perfect fit for a title screen or ending theme, but beyond that, it's a great piece that sets expectations for the rest of the soundtrack. I really like the melodic motif you used here. A Song I can think of with a similar feel would be "Smiling" by 櫟井唯 (Lime), or Rainbow Road from the Mario Kart series.
2. Our Peaceful Home
I picture this as a home base or starting area song for the player.It nails that safe space/home feeling really well. A great example of a song doing something similar especially in the Game Boy or Game Boy SP era is Littleroot Town, composed by 一之瀬剛 (Ichinose Go). It's one of those perfect examples of a cozy, comforting theme.
3. Celestial Connection
On first listen, I had zero context for this track until I read the "Imagine Story" section. Where you describe Celia opening a lether book and a burst of golden light appearing with the score for "Celestial Connection" inscribing itself onto the first page. Most listeners would probably just hear this as a strange, messy 24-second track even though it clearly plays a crucial role in the story and the game.
4. Cozy Town
Still in the starting area song kind of vibe, but framed as the player heading outside their house to begin their adventure. The composition on this track is much more varied, and it does a good job evoking a fun, quirky sense of adventure. A song with a similar feeling is the Central Town Theme from Mega Man Battle Network 6, composed by 青木佳乃 (Aoki Yoshino), same quirky, fun, "heading out into the world" energy.
5. The Ancient Token
Closing things out, this one has a similar issue to Celestial Connection, it really needs a visual or narrative cue to give listeners context for where it fits into the OST.
Overall, great effort and a solid five-track compilation for Part 1. I know you mentioned plans on expanding the soundtrack. I love to hear the completed version in the near future and revisit this once it's completed. Nice job, and good luck developing it further!
Also questions (kind of curious):
- Have you tried FamiStudio, KiraStudio, or hUGETracker before or any plans on exploring those software?
- Also are you planning on making a Gameboy cart or just trying to get the feel of a Gameboy music? since i think this would be much easier to do with vital audio with Gameboy patches on Logic Pro.
Thank you so much for your detailed comment! I have been learning how to write in Furnace Tracker for about a year now but I feel like I still have a really long way go. I really enjoyed reading what each of my tracks made you think about. I agree with you that "Our Peaceful Home" has the same vibes as "Littleroot Town." And I was definitely thinking of "Central Town Theme" while composing "Cozy Town!" I've never composed a town theme before and knew that I wanted my track to have the same feeling.
My future plans are to continue writing for GB and GBA but also learn to write for the hardware. I have not tried yet but I heard that people usually use OpenMPT. Maybe the next step would be to write themes for different towns. How about you? :)
Well I'll probably stick with studio one, since my team is using Godot lol 😂 But maybe in the near future I'll probably get again into making song using Famitracker!